BREAKING: APC’s Tokunbo Abiru wins Lagos East senatorial bye-election

Tokunbo Abiru of the All Progressives Congress has emerged victorious in the Lagos East senatorial bye-election conducted in the state on Saturday.

Independent National Electoral Commission made the announcement on Sunday morning, stating that Abiru obtained a total of 89,204 votes

While, the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Babatunde Gbadamosi, secured 11,257 votes.

The APC candidate won with a wide margin in all the five local government areas in the senatorial district

See results in all LGAs:

Shomolu

APC: 17,728

PDP: 2,067

Epe

APC: 22,213

PDP: 1,826

Ibeju Lekki

APC: 16,336

PDP: 937

Ikorodu

APC: 19,204

PDP: 3,766

Kosofe

APC: 13,723

PDP: 2,661

The announcement was made few hours after Babatunde Gbadamosi condemned the results released by INEC in the Saturday exercise, describing it as “manipulated”.